Hackers possibly had access to Amsterdam universities' student passwords
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Hackers possibly had access to Amsterdam universities' student passwords

NL Times  

Last week, the passwords of the more than one hundred thousand employees and students of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam were possibly compromised in a hacker attack, NU.nl reports. It is not yet clear if the hackers actually had access to the passwords, nonetheless, the institutions are asking all students and lecturers to change their passwords as an extra safety measure. The UvA and HvA first noticed signs of a cyber attack last week on Wednesday. In a ransomware attack, hackers seize valuable information and ask the owner to pay large sums in order to have access to it returned.

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